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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Confession Session & Good Thoughts Tuesday
Since our resident Cheeky girl is on the road with her husband this week without reliable access to her laptop, I'll open up the floor for confession session and good thoughts.... and away we go.
Wife, mom, attorney, blogger, runner - trying to learn to love all the good things in life!!
"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." - Alex & Ani bracelet
My blog: Dodging Acorns
"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." - Alex & Ani bracelet
My blog: Dodging Acorns
Re: Confession Session & Good Thoughts Tuesday
Good thoughts - as always, to little Sofie and my friend Lori and her husband and their whole family. I hope that your homecoming was special yesterday, and I hope above all that it has been a peaceful time at home with your beautiful little girl. With no news I'm still clinging to hope for that miracle for Sofie and for all of you.
Good thoughts - to Kelly's friend's family, to those of you who have lost loved ones, who are trying to get pregnant, for coping with newborns who don't sleep, for dealing with toddlers and tantrums, for good healthy for all of you and your children and families.
Good thoughts: to all of you for listening to me about Sofie. Your continued support, prayers and thoughts for Sofie and her family have meant a lot to me. Thank you ladies.
Confession: I enjoy working. I just don't enjoy my working conditions. I'm a full time mom from 6:30-8:30 but am also supposed to find time to work, which usually means 9pm-midnight or later. Exhausting. But putting the kids in daycare isn't an option until I know this work is steady and predictable, a conversation I figure needs to wait for a week or so to see if the attorney is still happy with what I've done. I'm trying to parent and do work during the day and since I can see my parenting skills are not great when I do this I imagine my work isn't great either. But we need the money so badly that I'm even afraid to put the kids in daycare at all since we really need every penny I"m making. Being broke sucks.
"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." - Alex & Ani bracelet
My blog: Dodging Acorns
Confession: I purchased the CD with the digital images from Kyle's 9-month photo-shoot yesterday... and haven't told Brian. But there were so many good shots that I couldn't let them go! It's outrageous that it cost me less to get the CD as part of a package with 10 prints than it would have been if I'd bought it by itself outright, though!!
Good Thoughts: To Michele's friend Lori, and her dear little girl Sophie. To Kelly's friend's family. To all those who are grieving, trying to conceive, pregnant, new moms, looking for work or stuck in a career that they don't enjoy, struggling with health issues, dealing with damage in their homes from all the snow we've had, or need a little change of luck for any other reason.
Confession- I could cry right now. Ben's eczema is so bad right now and I don't know what else to do. He has it all over his face, back and entire head. I can't get it under control. We are going into the pedi again to see what she says. The allergist initally (before he was born) wanted to see him at 12 months (b/c of Alaina's allergies). I'm going to see if we can go earlier. Its got to be something.
Good thoughts to all the pregnant ladies, people going through a tough time, Michele's friends and little Sophie, and to anyone else that needs them!
Poor little Ben!!!! I hope they can figure something out. I hate to see little ones so uncomfortable!!
"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." - Alex & Ani bracelet
My blog: Dodging Acorns
Good Thoughts to everyone, especially to Michele's friends and to Sophie. We're all pulling for you little girl!!
Confession: I'm having a hard time right now. The anniversary of my mom passing was Sunday, and the whole thing kind of kicked my a$$. I just miss her and I'm bummed that she'll never meet the baby.. Hell, she's never met Dave. Just struggling right now.
Lindsay that's so hard, I cannot even imagine. There are lots of things like "oh she'll be watching over the baby" things I could say but they sound empty. Try to just embrace the feelings - it's ok to be sad, mad, upset. Lean on Dave when you need to. And celebrate that little life inside you... who knows, maybe he/she will have one of your mom's traits and that will make you smile one day!
"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." - Alex & Ani bracelet
My blog: Dodging Acorns
Good thoughts to everyone! Alot of sad things going on right now and i wish there was a way to stop it all!
confession: i lost my wedding rings - i have zero idea where they could be and i'm loosing my mind over it
It will be 20 years this May since my father passed away. When I was pregnant with Kyle, and overdue, I found comfort in thinking that my dad wasn't done rocking and singing to him quite yet. My kids know all about him (and my husband does too, since like Dave, my two favorite men never met). Shannon can point out pictures of her P?p?re George, as well as DH's parents, her Vov? Joe and M?m?re Elaine. We do our best to make sure that our kids know all about how much they are loved by us, and how much they would have been loved by these grandparents as well.
If you ever need to talk, Lindsay, I'm here for you! ((( hugs )))
Thanks girls. It's funny how somethings just set you off, ya know? It was thirteen years for us that she's been gone. Hits you hard at certain events.. The wedding, the baby, etc.
It really does.